Confirmed Reps using PV's

[Soulchef]

I looked to see if this had been posted already and I couldn't find it so here it goes...

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) wants to ban a smoking device that several House Republicans have trumpeted for helping them quit smoking.

The battery-operated device, known as an electronic cigarette, looks like a normal cigarette, but contains no tobacco and instead of smoke emits a nicotine vapor when the user inhales. Reps. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.), Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) and Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) have all been spotted using the device on Capitol Hill.

The article goes on to say that Obama has been given a PV.

Stearns has sent electronic cigarettes to House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and President Obama to help them quit smoking. He’s been seen using the device in the Speaker’s Lobby, where Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) banned smoking two years ago. Her office did not respond to a request for comment by press time.

The article comes from The Hill. I don't think I can post links but you can probably figure it out by closing the gaps...

http : // thehill . com / leading-the-news/sen.-lautenberg-wants-to-snuff-out-electronic-cigarettes-2009-03-23. html

 

[eric]

The article goes on to say that Obama has been given a PV.



The article comes from The Hill. I don't think I can post links but you can probably figure it out by closing the gaps...

http : // thehill . com / leading-the-news/sen.-lautenberg-wants-to-snuff-out-electronic-cigarettes-2009-03-23. html

The link:
TheHill.com - Sen. Lautenberg wants to snuff out electronic cigarettes

Good find there, Soulchef.

 

[happily]

VETO VETO VETO VETO

I sure hope the one obama got tastes like newport menthols

 

[dcsubburb]

I've never found one that tastes like newport he will have to settle.

 

[Surf Monkey]

Just more idiotic fear mongering. Outlawing the e-cigarette while traditional cigarettes remain legal is the height of hypocrisy. I'm writing Lautenberg a letter right now.

 

[TropicalBob]

Just for the record .. yes, this was posted some time back and extensively discussed. Nothing new here.